Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Poetry at Work: The Poetry of the Speech

For
some 30 years, my professional career centered on speechwriting, mostly of the
corporate variety. I had taken a speech course in college – Contemporary American
Speeches – but it was more because of my journalism curriculum than a desire to
learn about speeches.

Like
most corporate speechwriters at that time, I fell into it, accidentally. I was
working on a big issue, someone needed a speech on the topic, and I was told to
write a draft. I did, it was okay, the speaker liked it, it went over well –
and like magic, I was suddenly being called the department’s newest
speechwriter. This was all mildly unsettling; I knew next-to-nothing about
writing speeches, so I got myself off to a speechwriter’s seminar to learn what
I was already considered an expert at.

Poetry at Work

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Professional writer exploring faith and culture, life and work; happily married to Janet, the love of my life; father of two grown sons. Award-winning speechwriter and communication consultant. I am also a contributing editor for The High Calling and for TweetSpeak Poetry. I am also the author of the novels "Dancing Priest" and "A Light Shining," and the non-fiction book "Poetry at Work."